ABSTRACT
Synergy is a difficult word to understand, and even more challenging to implement. It implies a belief that we can learn from others and others can learn from us. On global teams, it implies every member has the potential to contribute. Some cultures are synergistic and inclined toward cooperation, while others tend toward individualism and competition. The dictionary defines a team as a number of persons associated in some joint action, while teamwork is described as a cooperative or coordinated effort by persons working together. Teams are collections of people who must rely on group collaboration if each member is to experience the optimum of success and goal achievement. Many executives make provisions for team building or training within their organizations by qualified internal or external consultants. The total power of any individual is a combination of formal power or power associated with position, plus informal power, which is personal and a function of one's skills, expertise, and credibility.
